Among the truthers
Subtitle: a journey into the growing conspiracist underground of 9/11 truthers, birthers, armageddonites, vaccine hysterics, Hollywood know-nothings and Internet addicts
By: Jonathan Kay
Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781554686308; 9781554686315
Subjects: Conspiracy theories; Political culture; Politics and government; Théories du complot; Aspect social; Culture politique; Politique et gouvernement
Description: "Since the JFK assassination, conspiracy thinking has proliferated, and the Internet has fostered the growth of numerous alternate conceptual worlds in which traditional media and academia have no authority. 9/11 was a death blow to the older consensual view of reality, and as a result, North Americans no longer inhabit one cognitive universe. What this means for the future of politics, and for our society at large, is at the heart of Among the Truthers"--Http://www.harpercollins.ca.
Notes: Includes index.

" ... focuses primarily on conspiracism in the United States and the Internet-based conspiracist culture that has grown out of it, with some coverage of prominent Canadian theorists who have taken an active role in promoting American conspiracist narratives"--P. 19.